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When You Have the Right Vibe, It's Not a Coincidence: Synchronicities, Energy Healing, and Other Strangeness in the Field

Amy L. Lansky PhD

The following is excerpted fromActiveConsciousness: Awakening the Power Within[1], recently released from R.L.RanchPress.

One piece of evidence for theholographic nature of nonstandard fields that have been proposed in recentyears -- the zero-point field (acandidate for the unified field [2]), the psifield of psychic phenomena, Ervin Laszlo's Akashic field [3], and the morphicfield proposed by Rupert Sheldrake [4] -- is that they all share a commonfeature: sensitivity to similarity invibration.

If a holographic image has manydifferent holograms embedded within it, shining a laser of a specific frequencyupon it will cause only those holograms made with lasers of the same frequencyto stand out. That's becausethings with the same vibration naturally resonate and reinforce one another -- justas two violin strings at the same pitch resonate with one another. Thisproperty of resonance has [also] been used to explain how each of us mightinteract with mysterious fields like the psi or Akashic fields... People pick uponly that with which they personally "resonate." Each individual's resonantfrequency, determined by their life experience, physical body, and energy body,limits what they can perceive.

Biologist Rupert Sheldrake'stheory of morphic resonance also depends upon similarity in vibration. Membersof the same species, being "on the same wavelength," are able to tap intoinformation that pertains uniquely to them. And while members of an entirespecies might be able to tune into a fairly broad spectrum of frequencies(think of Carl Jung's notion of the collectiveunconscious that humans supposedly tap into [5]), smaller, moretightly connected groups -- such as members of the same family or lovingcouples -- resonate in more focused zones of vibration; they have access to theirown "private frequency." In fact, Sheldrake goes even further and suggests thatmorphic fields can explain how human memory operates. Instead of being storedin our brains, he suggests that memories are stored in the morphic field. Ourbrains then pick them up via resonance, like radios tuning to their own privatestations.

The existence and importance ofsimilarity in vibration has also popped up in psi experiments. For example,individuals gifted at psychokinesis -- the ability to affect physical objects withthe mind -- have described the experience as a feeling of resonance with thoseobjects. A fascinating body of evidence has also been uncovered by Dean Radinand his colleague Roger Nelson at Princeton's PEAR lab... [R]esearchers at PEARfound that connected couples can influence random event generators (REGs) moreeffectively than individuals working alone. Because of this phenomenon, Radinand Nelson decided to test for even larger field effects by using these randomdevices as "antennae." First they placed REGs at events where people were allfocused on the same thing and therefore "vibrating" similarly-for example, atmusic festivals, religious events, and even at the Academy Awards. The resultswere as predicted; these venues did indeed cause the machines' outputs todeviate from the norm [6, 7].

Then, in 1997, they decided toplace REGs at fifty locations all over the world, run them continuously, andsee if they could pick up on major world events. The results were astounding.Over the next ten years, Radin and Nelson studied the machines' reactions to205 major world events and discovered that they did indeed respond to eventsthat were intense on a global level -- especially those that were tragic. The moststriking effects occurred in response to the events on 9/11, which caused thelargest daily average correlation between the machines' outputs. Even moreamazing, this correlation became noticeable a few hours before the first of the twin towers was hit! [8, 9] An instance ofcollective precognition?

Whereas world events less horrificthan 9/11 probably evoke more varied vibratory responses in people (andtherefore do not resonate and amplify each other as well), truly frighteningevents tend to evoke a more common, coherent response. As this study showed,when nearly all of the people on Earth "got onto the same wavelength" on 9/11,even machines noticed...

Synchronicity and Fields of Meaning

Similarity in vibration has alsobeen used to explain the phenomenon of synchronicity -- "coincidences"of seemingly unrelated events that share a common meaning... [A] well-knownillustration of this phenomenon was described by psychiatrist Carl Jung, theoriginator of the notion of synchronicity [10]. One of Jung's patients wasrecounting her dream about a golden scarab beetle when he heard a rapping onthe window. When he opened it, a rose chafer beetle -- the insect most similar toa scarab in Jung's region -- flew into the room. Jung quickly put two and twotogether. He realized that the mythological meaning of the scarab -- an ancientEgyptian symbol for rebirth -- was highly pertinent to his patient's problems. Andthis was also the reason why the insect had appeared in waking life.

The phenomenon of synchronicitydemonstrates a key point -- the universe may not be operating like a cold,meaningless machine after all. Instead, the reality we experience each day maybe flooded with fields of meaning.One field might embody the horror and violence of 9/11. Another field might beassociated with a hope for rebirth. Each field of meaning has a particularvibration to it, andobjects,individuals, emotions, dreams, and events with similar vibrations will tend toresonate with one another and then co-occur. This is what createssynchronicities. In fact, various theories of quantum physics require the existence of synchronicities[11]...

Think about it. There may beanother fundamental mechanism at play in our universe besides cause and effect.Most of us think that everything that occurs in our world is due to some causalmechanism. A causes B causes C. However, synchronicity -- the co-occurrence ofevents within the same field of meaning -- maybe another fundamental reason why things tend to happen. Many things inlife that we think are due to cause-and-effect or mere coincidence may actuallybe due to synchronicity.

Here's an example that occurredwhile I was writing this book. My husband Steve and I had long admired RupertSheldrake's work on morphic fields but had never met him. To us, he was abrilliant scientist living far away in England. However, in September 2008,just as I was working on the section of this book that describes his work,Steve got word that Sheldrake would be giving a talk at his research laboratoryat Sun Microsystems. Now please understand; talks about things like the morphicfield are not commonplace in computer research labs. In fact, Sheldrake's talkwas poorly attended. But it just so happened that one of the lab's researchershad met Sheldrake in Scotland and had invited him to speak the next time he wasin our area. When Steve heard about Sheldrake's visit, he asked if I could alsoattend, and we both received an invitation to have lunch with him the next day.Before I could even finish writing about Rupert Sheldrake, I was sitting andhaving lunch with him! Coincidence? Or synchronicity?...

A Meaningful Cure

The powerful influence ofsimilarity in vibration has also made its way into healing. In fact, it is thevery foundation of homeopathy -- analternative medical system originally developed in Germany in the early 1800s.The word "homeopathy" literally means similar(homeo) suffering (pathy), andpractitioners of homeopathy choose medicines for their patients based on aprinciple of cure called the Law ofSimilars. This principle can be described as follows:

If a substance is shown experimentally tocause a specific pattern of emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms inhealthy test subjects, then that substance can be prepared so that it can cureindividuals suffering from the same pattern of symptoms.

In other words, homeopathy is thescience of healing based on similarity of vibration. The Law of Similarsessentially says: "likes cure likes." Bring two things of like vibrationtogether -- a remedy and a patient -- and the effect will be a cure of the patient'sdisease.

Here's a simple illustration. Weall know the common effects of drinking coffee: wakefulness, a mind full of thoughts, excited happiness,acute senses, and sometimes heart palpitations and diarrhea. These symptoms aremanifestations of the vibration of coffee, and coffee imparts these qualitiesto those who drink it. Now, if a patient comes to a homeopath seeking help forchronic insomnia, and their insomnia is characterized by an overactive mind,excitement, acuteness of the senses, heart palpitations, and diarrhea, it islikely that the homeopath will prescribe CoffeaCruda -- a remedy prepared from coffee. That's because this patient manifeststhe same vibrational qualities as coffee. And if the remedy is trulyhomeopathic to the patient -- that is, if coffee's symptoms match his or heroverall emotional, mental, and physical state -- it has the potential tocompletely cure their insomnia, not just palliate it as a sleeping pill woulddo.

Of course, the most controversialthing about homeopathy is not the Law of Similars, but the way in whichhomeopathic remedies are made. The process, called potentization, involves a sequence of steps in which a substance isrepeatedly diluted and vigorously shaken. In fact, for most remedies, thesedilutions are so extreme that they do not contain even a single molecule of theoriginal substance! Nevertheless, homeopaths have found that the higher thedilution, the more potent a remedy can be. They believe this is possiblebecause the energetic signature of asubstance is captured by the potentization process. In other words,potentization enables the innate vibrational quality of a substance in natureto be unleashed and harnessed. It is this vibration that evokes the symptomscaused by a remedy, and it is also this vibratory signature that enables theremedy to cure a similar vibratory state in a patient. Like vibrations cure like vibrations...

Water: A Potent Carrier of Information

Although homeopathy has been thetarget of skeptics and critics since it was developed by physician SamuelHahnemann in the early 1800s, open-minded scientists are finally beginning toget an inkling of how the remedies might be working. Recent studies have shownthat the encoding of information in homeopathic dilutions is not about theirchemical composition; it's more about the bonding structures between themolecules within them. Apparently, the shaking process (also called succussion) performed during homeopathicpotentization is the critical step that develops these structures.

In 2007, a prominent researcher inthe field of structured water, Professor Rustum Roy of Pennsylvania StateUniversity, showed for the first time that extreme homeopathic dilutions arenot mere water, but highly structured arrangements of water molecules. In fact,various types of instruments in Roy's laboratory were able to pick up thedistinct signatures of different remedies, even at levels of dilution in whichno remedy substance likely remained [12]. Homeopathic experience has shown thatthese unique signatures can then be transmitted to dry pills, and that thepower and distinct effects of these pills remain stable indefinitely if theyare stored properly...

Interestingly, the potentizationprocess can be used to capture the energetic signature of any substance, not just those used to make homeopathic remedies.This has been shown repeatedly by several independent scientists in replicatedstudies. For example, consider the work of Jacques Benveniste, a Frenchphysician and medical researcher in the field of immunology who helped discoverplatelet-activating factor in 1972. Unfortunately, Benveniste's career was setupon a rocky course when a colleague encouraged him to study the phenomenon ofpotentization. His first paper about the subject described how antibodies ofimmunoglobulin E (anti-IgE) could be potentized beyond Avogadro's number (thepoint at which it is unlikely to find a single molecule of a substance remainingin a dilution) and still cause substance-specific effects.

When Benveniste published theseresults in the prestigious journal Naturein 1988 [13], he came under a barrage of attacks that lasted for the rest ofhis life. But perhaps this wasn't surprising. Benveniste's work had essentiallyshown that any drug could be potentized and still remain effective. That meansthat billions of doses of any drug could be produced for pennies -- informationthat drug companies would spend a fortune to attack and suppress. And in fact,there is evidence that a world-wide campaign to discredit homeopathy has beenfunded by the pharmaceutical industry for this very reason [14, 15].

Despite the attacks on Benvenisteand his subsequent loss of government funding in France, he continued his workand came up with even more astounding results. Because he suspected that thepotentization process conveys an electromagnetic signal into the water of adilution, he developed an apparatus that could digitally record it. He then transmittedthis signal electronically -- via E-mail -- to a distant laboratory, and had it"replayed" into water there. Amazingly, the resulting water caused the sameeffects as the original substance.

Benveniste eventually conductedseveral blinded experiments using this protocol. He published a paper in the Journal of Clinical Immunology in 1997that described one such experiment, in which a specific antigen was potentized,recorded, E-mailed to Chicago, and replayed into water in a Chicago laboratory[16]. This water did indeed cause antigen-specific effects on isolated guineapig hearts. I saw Benveniste present this paper at Stanford University MedicalSchool in 1999. The large lecture hall was standing-room only, but the audiencewas politely incredulous.

Of course, Benveniste's new resultsin what he called "digital biology" were even more mind-boggling andthreatening than his original paper in Nature.Not only could billions of doses of a substance be prepared cheaply usingpotentization, but its signature could be E-mailed and imprinted into wateressentially for free... Despite the fact that other initially-skepticalscientists have successfully replicated his work [17, 18], acceptance ofBenveniste's work remains for the future. Perhaps, with the growth of a newconsciousness in the scientific community, that future will arrive soonerrather than later. Indeed, in 2009, some new research conducted by Nobel prizewinner Luc Montagnier confirmed the same kinds of effects that Benvenistedescribed [19]...

The Meaning of Disease

The power of potentization isindeed one of the landmark discoveries of Homeopathy. It provides us with amethod for capturing the energetic signature of any substance in nature. Butperhaps even more significant is homeopathy's therapeutic principle, the Law ofSimilars -- because it says something specific about how fields of meaning operateand interact. There may even be a direct relationship between the Law ofSimilars and synchronicity.

The late psychiatrist EdwardWhitmont was a student of Carl Jung and eventually became a homeopath. In hisbook, Psyche and Substance, he speaksat length about the relationship between homeopathy and synchronicity [20].Psychiatrists have long known that patients sometimes alternate between specificphysical symptoms and specific mental or emotional symptoms. In fact, whenmental symptoms are present, physical symptoms often vanish, and vice versa.This phenomenon is an illustration of the fundamentally psychosomatic nature ofdisease -- that disease manifests in both the psyche (mind) and soma (body)...

Homeopathy and other holisticmedical systems have long recognized that disease is a body-mind affair. Thatis why each patient manifests a unique pattern of mental, emotional, andphysical symptoms -- a pattern that is an outward representation of his or hervibratory state. As Whitmont points out, each homeopathic remedy is alsoassociated with a vibration... The Law of Similars then states that bringingtogether the vibratory pattern of a patient and the similar vibratory patternof a remedy can be curative. The reason this is true, Whitmont suggests, issynchronicity... Homeopathic remedies are curative because they share the samesynchronistic field as a disease and therefore can replace it within a patient'sbody. Hahnemann proposed essentially the same explanation in the early 1800sfor the operation of his remedies upon what he called the dynamis or vital force -- theenergetic etheric field that encompasses the physical body.

The fact that homeopathy has workedfor millions of people for 200 years says a lot about the power of the Law ofSimilars. But it also says something about fields of meaning and theirrelationship to us in disease and in health. Just as the dream of the goldenscarab said something meaningful about the psychological state of Jung'spatient, holistic practitioners recognize that each person's uniquemanifestation of disease is not merely the result of genetic inheritance or theaccidents of life -- it is a reflection of a field of meaning vibrating at thecore of their being.

Paranormal Medicine?

A couple of other phenomenawitnessed in the homeopathic world are worth mentioning. Because they border onthe paranormal, they are rarely openly discussed. Both tend to occur during provings -- the homeopathic drug trials.The object of these trials is to see what pattern of symptoms a substance willcreate in healthy volunteers. Today's provings are conducted using moderntechniques like double-blinding and placebo controls. Thus, some test subjects(called provers) are given placebowhile others are given the actual remedy. Since the trials are also blinded,neither the provers nor their supervisors, who collect symptom information,know who has been given a real remedy or a placebo, nor the identity of thesubstance being tested. Nevertheless, the following kinds of phenomena havebeen observed during many trials.

First, it has been noticed that themoment a prover forms the intention to participate in a proving, they oftenbegin to experience symptoms that are later found to be characteristic of theremedy -- long before the trial actually begins. While this doesn't happen to allprovers, it happens frequently enough to be noteworthy. By simply intending to join a remedy trial, aprover may enter into the field of meaning of the remedy substance. Just asparanormal phenomena often defy the normal constraints of time and space, thefields of meaning created by homeopathic remedies may as well.

The second remarkable thing aboutprovings is that the symptoms developed by provers often directly reflect thenature of the substance from which a remedy is made. This is most obvious inthe case of remedies made from animal substances... Consider, for example, theblind proving of Androctonusconducted in 1985. Even though the provers did not know that they were taking aremedy made from scorpion venom, they developed the following kinds ofsymptoms: overconfidence; contemptuousness and defiance; lack of feeling andcruelty; quarrelsomeness and deceitfulness; the delusion that they were aboutto be assaulted and a malicious desire to injure others; suspiciousness; a lackof impulse control; anxiety and fear that is ameliorated by walking around;aversion to company; and a feeling that one is alone or separated from theworld [21].

Notice how evocative many of thesesymptoms are of scorpions -- violent, cruel, and antisocial. Indeed, this remedyhas been effective in treating patients with serious mental illness. In my bookabout homeopathy, Impossible Cure, Idescribe the case of one man who, thanks to Androctonus, experienced a cure of severe allergies and headaches, as well asa significant lessening of arthritis, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Theman was an avid hunter, obsessed with guns and knives. He told his homeopathhow he would wait until his prey came to him and how he could sense andcommunicate with them. Interestingly, scorpions also let their prey come tothem, and they can accurately detect their victim's location by sensing theirvibrations. After taking Androctonus, this hunter was not only alleviated ofhis physical problems, but he also became much less interested in his extensivecollection of weapons [22].

Think of it. The process ofpotentization may provide us with a method for accessing the very essence ofthe natural world. Just as Merlin the Magician showed the future King Arthurwhat it was like to be a fish or bird, a prover who takes a potentized remedymay learn what it's like to be a scorpion, a dolphin, a flower, or even amineral! Our entire universe may be intricately and intimatelyinterconnected through vibration and meaning.